COBB, Howell

Confederate

Born: September 7 1815, Jefferson Cty GA

Died: October 9 1868, New York NY

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, US congressman, Speaker of the House, Governor of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury

War Service: Confederate congressman, July 1861 Col. of 16th Georgia, February 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Cobb’s Bde/McLaws' Divn in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, September 1863 Maj. Gen. in command of Dist. of Georgia and Florida.

Post War:  Lawyer